Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon
βασιλεία (G932)
162 βασιλεία , -ας, ἡ ( βασιλεύω ), [in LXX chiefly for מַמְלָכָה מַלְכוּת ;] prop. abstract, sovereignty , royal power , dominion : Lk 1:33 22:29 , Jo 18:36 , Ac 1:6 , He 1:8 , I Co 15:24 ; λαβεῖν β. , Lk 19:12 , 15 , Re 17:12 ; δοῦναι τὴν , Re 17:17 ; ἔχειν β. , Re 17:18 ; ἔρχεσθαι ἐν τ. ( εἰς τὴν ) β. , Mt 16:28 , Lk 23:42 ; β. τ. θεοῦ , Re 12:10 . By meton., concrete (MM, Exp. , x), a kingdom , the territory or people over whom the king rules ( Es 5:3 , al.): Mt 4:8 12:25 , 26 24:7 , Mk 3:24 6:23 , Lk 4:5 , He 11:33 , al.; the royal majesty (cf. our phrase His Majesty ), the king himself ( τ. σπέρμα τῆς β. , IV Ki 11:1 ). In LXX ( Wi 6:5 , To 13:1 , al.), Targ. and NT, of the Messianic rule and kingdom, ἡ β. τ. θεοῦ , τ. οὐρανῶν (Heb. מַלְכוּת שָׁמַיִם , Aram. מַלְכוּתָא דִשׁמַיָּא ; v. Dalman, Words , 91-147; Cremer, 132, 658), the kingdom of God (on the equivalence of the two phrases, v. Dalman, op. cit. , 93, 218 f.); τ. θεοῦ , Mt 6:33 12:28 , al.; τ. οὐρανῶν , Mt 3:2 4:17 , al.; τ. Χριστοῦ ( מַלִכוּת דִמְשִׁיחא , Targ. Jon. on Is 53:10 ), Eph 5:5 ; τ. κυρίου , II Pe 1:11 , Re 11:15 ; τ. Δαυείδ , Mk 11:10 ; absol., ἡ β. , Mt 4:23 , Ja 2:5 , al. The kingdom is regarded as present: Mt 11:12 , Lk 17:21 , Ro 14:17 , al.; as that which is to be consummated in the future, Mt 6:10 , Mk 9:1 , Jo 3:5 , II Pe 1:11 , al. Noteworthy phrases are: ζητεῖν τὴν β. , Mt 6:33 ; δέχεσθαι , Mk 10:15 ; κλρονομεῖν , Mt 25:34 ; διδόναι , Lk 12:32 ; παραλαμβάνειν , He 12:28 ; αὐτῶν ( τοιούτων ) ἐστὶν ἡ β. , Mt 5:3 , 10 19:14 , Mk 10:14 , Lk 18:16 ; διὰ τὴν β. , Mt 19:12 ; ἕνεκεν τῆς β. , Lk 18:29 ; εὐαγγελίζεσθαι , κηρύσσειν , διαγγέλλειν τὴν β. , Lk 4:43 9:2 , 60 ; ἤγγικεν ἡ β. , Mt 3:2 , Mk 1:15 ; κλεῖς τῆς β. , Mt 16:19 ; κλείειν τὴν β. , Mt 23:14 ; υἱοὶ τῆς β. , Mt 8:12 13:38 (cf. Cremer, 132, 658).
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